Klopp ‘never thought’ record would be equalled
LIVERPOOL boss Jurgen Klopp says he “never thought it was possible” for his side to e ual Manchester ity s record of 18 consecutive Premier League wins.
The league leaders oined ity in an nglish top ight record with a victory over est am on Monday.
ity won straight games between ugust and ecember .
t s so special. The numbers are incredible, so difficult. said we wanted to write our own stories, create our own history,” said lopp.
bviously, the boys too that really seriously and that is all cool but ust not too important at the moment.
e are ust in the situation and want to recover and prepare for the ne t game.”
The last time Liverpool dropped points in the league was in a draw with Manchester nited on ctober , .
ictory over est am at nfield, where eeper u as abians i suffered a nightmare, too iverpool to within four wins of their first league title in years.
Liverpool took an early lead when abians i failed to deal with a routine eorginio i naldum header but avid Moyes side replied through ssa iop s header and then substitute Pablo ornals swept est am into the lead nine minutes after the brea .
ut abians i ine plicably allowed Mohamed alah s shot to s uirm through his legs in the th minute and adio Mane turned in Trent lean der rnold slob with nine minutes left to complete the comebac .
t means iverpool are points clear of defending champions ity at the top of the table.
couldn t have wished for a better position to go into these last games,” lopp added. never thought it was possible but each one of the victories are really difficult.”